which is the world's largest desert ?

Answer 1

The largest (nonpolar) desert in the world is the Sahara, in north Africa, which spans an area measured at roughly 3.5 million square miles.

Answer 2

The Sahara Desert in Africa is the largest in the world. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, and second largest desert at over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), almost as large as the United States. The Sahara is located in northern Africa and is 2.5 million years old.

The boundaries of the Sahara are the Atlantic Ocean on the west, the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea on the north, the Red Sea and Egypt on the east, and the Sudan and the valley of the Niger River on the south. The Sahara is divided into western Sahara, the central Ahaggar Mountains, the Tibesti Mountains, the Aïr Mountains (a region of desert mountains and high plateaus), Tenere desert and the Libyan desert (the most arid region). The highest peak in the Sahara is Emi Koussi (3415 m) in the Tibesti Mountains in northern Chad.
t may surprise to read that the Antarctic continent is the largest desert on this planet... just imagine a desert that encompasses a complete continent!

the fact is that the water on the continent is locked away because it's frozen, and cannot be accessed. so plant life cannot exist.

on the other hand, if one looks at the non-polar deserts, it would be the Sahara Desert. Infact, there's a portion of the Sahara Desert between Saudi, Yemen and Ethiopia that's called the Empty Quarter. apparently it's the most desolate place on this planet, and contains the least plant and animal life on the Planet! it's rained less than 0.06inches in the last 100 years...!

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Answer 3

The Sahara Desert in Africa is the largest in the world. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, and second largest desert at over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), almost as large as the United States. The Sahara is located in northern Africa and is 2.5 million years old.

The boundaries of the Sahara are the Atlantic Ocean on the west, the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea on the north, the Red Sea and Egypt on the east, and the Sudan and the valley of the Niger River on the south. The Sahara is divided into western Sahara, the central Ahaggar Mountains, the Tibesti Mountains, the Aïr Mountains (a region of desert mountains and high plateaus), Tenere desert and the Libyan desert (the most arid region). The highest peak in the Sahara is Emi Koussi (3415 m) in the Tibesti Mountains in northern Chad.

Answer 4

Antarctica is the southernmost continent and includes the South Pole. Geographic sources disagree as to whether it is surrounded by the Southern Ocean or the South Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean. It is divided by the Transantarctic Mountains. On average, it is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent and has the highest average elevation of all the continents.[1] At 14.425 million km², Antarctica is the third-smallest continent after Europe and Australia; 98% of it is covered in ice. Because there is little precipitation, except at the coasts, the interior of the continent is technically the largest desert in the world. There are no permanent human residents and Antarctica has never had an indigenous population. Only cold-adapted plants and animals survive there, including penguins, fur seals, mosses, lichens, and many types of algae. The name "Antarctica" comes from the Greek ανταρκτικός (antarktikos), meaning "opposite the Arctic."[2]

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The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, and second largest desert at over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), almost as large as the United States. The Sahara is located in northern Africa and is 2.5 million years old.

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Answer 5

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it may surprise to read that the Antarctic continent is the largest desert on this planet... just imagine a desert that encompasses a complete continent!

the fact is that the water on the continent is locked away because it's frozen, and cannot be accessed. so plant life cannot exist.

on the other hand, if one looks at the non-polar deserts, it would be the Sahara Desert. Infact, there's a portion of the Sahara Desert between Saudi, Yemen and Ethiopia that's called the Empty Quarter. apparently it's the most desolate place on this planet, and contains the least plant and animal life on the Planet! it's rained less than 0.06inches in the last 100 years...!

hope you found this info useful...

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Answer 6

The largest (nonpolar) desert in the world is the Sahara, in north Africa, which spans an area measured at roughly 3.5 million square miles.

The United States' contiguous 48 states could easily fit in the desert.

It spans more than 3,000 miles across Africa, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the north and it spreads all the way down to central Africa, some 1,200 miles south.

Answer 7

The Sahara is the world's largest desert - although, Antarctica has also been posed as the world's largest desert, spanning its own continent.

Answer 8

The Sahara Desert in Africa.

Answer 9

the world's largest desert is the Sahara desert in Africa

Answer 10

The blistering and yellow Sahara Desert.